Despite their popularity, endangered Florida manatees struggling to survive the loss of habitat and food, poisonous red tides, boat strikes, rampant development and groups that want to strip critical federal and state protection.

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Humane Society International Senior Associate Marine Scientist Mark Peter Simmonds released the following statement praising an interim decision to give the African manatee top-level protection on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species by listing the animal on Appendix I.

Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States will be urging nations to support proposals to increase or establish protection for species threatened by international trade during the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which opens Monday in Bangkok.

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